Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON. January 1.-The President
sent the following nominations to the SEN
ate to-day, postmasters: at Hollister, Cali
fornia, Hayden Dowdy. Monterey, Cali.
fornia, Edward Ingram. East Portland.
Oregon. William B. Welch. Ogden City,
Utah, John G. Tyler.
The House has passed yeas 222, nays
26. the bill creating q department OF agrl-
culture and la Dor.
The Senate took up the resolution
offered by Dolrh directing the secretary OF
war to examine and report as to the neres-
sity for the improvement OF that portion
Of the Columbia river known AS the Dalles,
by the removal OF distractions and as to
the pra actcability and probable cost OF over
coming such distractions by the construc-
ton OF q steamboat railway. After a
speech by Dolph in explanation and advo-
cacy OF the resolution and a statement by
Mitchell, of Oregon, in the same line, the
resolution went over without action.
The Senate then, at 2 O'Clock. resumed
the consideration of the Interstate COM
merce bill and was ad dressed by Cole in
favor of the conference report.
In thelmornrng hour the House resumed
in Committee of the Whole the considera-
ton o! the bill for the erection OF public
building at Charleston, South Carolina.
The bill appropristes 100000 for the
purchasc OF "a site, and 100000 for the
erection OF building.
Hepburn uowa) moved to. reduce this
latter amount to 100000. The city, he
asserted. was in its decadence. and in sup
mort OF this assertion stated that between
1860 and 1850 the whole population had
increased only LOO while between the
same period the government receipts from
all sources had already fallen of.
Dibble (South Carolna) thought Hep
burns st tntement was not q fair one. In
the period between go and so, Charleston
had passed through the misfortunes OF a
four years war, and at the close OF the war
grass had beea growing in her streets. Az
he did not wish to imperil the bill. he asked
the committee to agree to Hepburn's mo-
tion. This was done. The committee rose
and the bill, as amended, was passed.
The petition OF Stephen A. Hackworth,
real estate dealer, James l.. Moore. mer-
chant, and Carl Schultze, ex-Dstrict Attor-
ney OF Washington Co. and editor OF the
Brenham Stats Zeiting, was presented to-
day by Senator Hawley. Hsets forth that
they we're law abiding citizens OF Brenham,
Washington county, Texas, who dared to
believe and maintain the right to be Repub.
licans in politics." For this their only
crime" it continues, "your petitioners are
now exiles from their homes, having been
compelled to leave under serious threats OF
assassination, and to abandon their prop
erty or to accept for it such prices as were
proifered them" The petition states that
at an election held on the second OF Novem.
der last, "a perfect reign OF terror existed
in Washington county. The petitioners
further alege that Jno. Ireland. governor
of Texas has "failed and refused to make
any effort whatever. to have arrested
and brought to trial the lawless men who
committed this outrage. although the facts
we're made known to him and he was re-
0uested to take prompt action thereon"
After further recital, in more detail of the
charges narrated. the petition concludes:
land your petitioners hereby respectfully
submit all matters herein stated and com.
planned of to your honorable body for
your careful consideration and such action
as you may deem necessary to cure the
evils herein stated and thereby secure to
all citizens of the United States their rights
under Republican form OF government in
fact as well as in name
1t il understood that negotiations with
China 10 which allusion was made in the
Presidents message for such modification
OF existing treaties as will entirely prevent